Martin Berger

It’s clear now that Russian and Western air strikes against ISIL (Islamic State) militants in Syria and Iraq in recent months have inflicted huge human and financial losses upon it. Under these circumstances the Islamic State is desperately looking for…

It seems that Christmas and New Year celebrations are the two most favorite holidays of the year across the globe. However, summing up the results of last year, few could say that it was a success. Most of us expected that the new year would bring us…

Back when the year 2015 was starting, several numerologists promised us a restless year ahead, full of political and financial catastrophes. One can treat such predictions with different degrees of distrust and skepticism…

The clan relations principle has been a prime factor in business affairs for centuries in numerous Islamic and Middle Eastern countries. Unfortunately, in recent months we’ve often witnessed evidence that in Turkey the family of Tayyip Erdogan…

As follows from the report of the EU border agency Frontex, the number of migrants who have illegally crossed the borders into the EU in the last 11 months has reached 1.55 million people. Last November alone was marked by 269,000 refugees…

As most people have already learned recently, ISIL has been selling stolen oil to Turkey and the US to be able to finance its criminal activities. The US military chose to turn a blind eye to this illegal business, moreover, it took a step too far by…

The increase in the level of terrorist activities of ISIL in Afghanistan has recently been the topic of various reports being published in the international media. Along with the massacre of the local population which seems to be a trademark of this Islamist group it has recently entered in…

While the White House keeps telling the world the tale about America’s pivotal role in the so-called “war on terror”, the people of the world want to know what role the US-led North Atlantic alliance is playing in the sponsoring and arming of the Islamic State…

While suffering huge financial losses due to continuous strikes carried out by Russia’s warplanes against the supply lines of ISIL in Syria used for oil smuggling, Tayyip Erdogan has decided to take under his personal control ISIL held oil fields in Iraq…

The downing of Russia’s Su-24 bomber by the Turkish Air Force is “one of the nightmare scenarios that military planners had envisaged as a result of Moscow’s decision to enter the conflict,” reports The Financial Times. In turn, The Washington Post believes that…

In recent weeks, ISIL has manifested itself as one of the most aggressive groups in the world of international terrorism. As it has been pointed out by the Foreign Policy magazine, in just a month the group claimed…

A series of bloody attacks in Paris exposed a handful of aspects that have so far been hindered by the official rhetoric of Western politicians and media sources in order to show the so-called “success” of “anti-terrorist campaign” unleashed by Washington…

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